Planning application
Burwell Solar Farm Hightown Drove Burwell Cambridgeshire
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
To vary Conditions 4 (Soft Landscaping Works), 5 (Landscaping Maintenance) and 9 (Landscape and Ecology Management Plan) of previously approved 22/00160/VARM for To Vary Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of previously approved 20/00557/ESF for Proposed Development of a Solar Farm and Ancillary Development
As published by the council, reference 26/00914/VARM
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00914/VARM
- Type
- Variation of condition Major application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 26 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 26 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Burwell
- Parish
- Burwell
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Aug 2026
Received by East Cambridgeshire
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7 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 25 November 2026, 13 weeks from validation under the statutory target. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
East Cambridgeshire took a median of 59 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
26 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with East Cambridgeshire for determination, against a statutory target of thirteen weeks. Over the last year East Cambridgeshire decided amendment applications in a median of 52 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About amendment applications
An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.
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